Caroline Shaw Wins Pulitzer Prize for Music
Aaron Copland. Samuel Barber. John Adams. And now, Caroline Shaw. Shaw, 30, today joined the elite fraternity of American composers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music for her Partita for […]
The Flatlanders Bring Grassroots to Zankel Hall
by David Artavia West Texas was alive and well Saturday night at Carnegie Hall, with The Flatlanders performing as part of WFUV’s Live at Zankel concert series. Before the show even
Yale in New York Performs String Music from Three Centuries
by Michael Cirigliano II Despite being only two hours away on the Metro-North Railroad, the Yale School of Music is often glossed over by its Manhattan-based brethren when it comes
Barbara Carroll and Ken Peplowski at 54 Below
The ageless, elegant Barbara Carroll behind the piano with Ken Peplowski Tuesday night, part of WBGO's ongoing series at the excellent new jazz club 54 Below, in the heart of the Theater District.
Nouveau Classical Project at (le) Poisson Rouge
As (le) Poisson Rouge discovered five years ago, people like a little alcohol with their classical/contemporary music. So, when I heard Sugar Vendil's Nouveau Classical Project was doing a show Friday
Opera on Tap Presents “SMASHED” at HERE Arts Center
by Melanie Wong In accordance with their self-proclaimed mission to reach new audiences and change America’s “stuffy” and “elitist” perception of opera, nonprofit organization Opera on Tap presented their first original opera,
New York Philharmonic Finds Life with David Robertson
Forget Duda: the most captivating conductor in America today is David Robertson, hands down. Whether it's his innovative programs with the St. Louis Symphony or his experiments with students at
New York Philharmonic: CONTACT!
Last weekend's edition of CONTACT!, the NY Phil's new-music series, leaned older and more establishment than in the recent past. Which is both good and bad: on the one hand, you know
Transatlantic Ensemble Redefines Classical Music at (le) Poisson Rouge
by David Artavia Transatlantic Ensemble’s Friday night performance at (le) Poisson Rouge might have created a new dictionary entry for "classical music." It doesn’t need to be played for white-haired